The Ride with the Black Gentleman at Brunskog

Värmland · Sverige · Site of legend

Old Per got a ride with a black gentleman in the dark — but a flame behind the carriage revealed it was the devil, bound for a child-murderess.

At Brunskog it is told of old Per of Mörr, who one night got a lift from a black gentleman driving a pair of dark horses. The gentleman was bound for a sick maid at a place Per knew, and Per took him for the doctor. When Per had stepped down and looked after the carriage, he noticed a flame behind it and understood it was the devil. Afterward it was said that a maid at that place had borne a child and killed it.

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Hvor ligger The Ride with the Black Gentleman at Brunskog?

The Ride with the Black Gentleman at Brunskog ligger i Värmland, Sverige.

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